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Ben Eldridge and Emmylou Harris at the Birchmere (7/15/13) - photo © Jeromie Stephens As we mourn the loss today of banjo maestro Ben Eldridge, ace photographer Jeromie Stephens has combed through his archives and shared a few images he has

Lorraine Jordan on stage at her 2024 Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge festival - photo © Bill Warren The second Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge festival was presented by Lorraine Jordan at the Kingsport, TN Meadowview Conference center. The MC duties

We are delighted to highlight a new track today from Australia's The Stetson Family, genre-defying bluegrass/acoustic band based in Melbourne, with no members related to one another, nor named Stetson. The name was chosen back in 2008 when the principals

Ben Eldridge, legendary banjo player and co-founder of the equally legendary Seldom Scene, passed away of natural causes on Sunday evening, Apil 14, 2024, aged 85. Benjamin 'Ben' Eldridge was born in Richmond, Virginia, on August 15, 1938. His early Influences

My Brother's Keeper is best defined not by their output, but rather by their expression. Based in Cincinnati, they eschew any stereotypical sound and lean instead on mood and melody. The band — which consists of brothers Benjamin, Titus, and Joshua

We heard yesterday from Gary Reid, who alerted us to the fact that a new production of Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's bluegrass musical, Bright Star, is going to be staged next month in Bedford, VA. The Little Town Players in

Another single from west coast bluegrass superstar Laurie Lewis' next album, Trees, is available this week, one she wrote with her fiddler Brandon Godman called The Banks Are Covered in Blue. All Brandon planned to do was put together a lovely

Dance competition at the 2024 Highfalls Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock Nick Hancock has shared this gallery of images he took during last weekend's Highfalls Fiddlers' Convention in Robbins, NC. Thanks Nick!

Billy Blue Records has announced a new, all-gospel album with noted bluegrass songwriter Rick Lang. Titled Blue Collar Gospel, the project unites new Lang compositions with some of the top vocalists in bluegrass, as we hear on the first single,

The two top manufacturers of high quality musical instrument flight cases, Calton and Hoffee, have announced plans for a merger. Calton, whose molded fiberglass cases are made in Austin, TX, and Hoffee, who make their carbon fiber cases near Chicago,